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 The daughter bright of Kublay Khan,
 * Fair as the moon was she,

Had heard of countries in the west,
 * Where many people be;

And she the foreign countries will
 * And foreign manners see.

Of youths upstarts there half a score,
 * Of waiting-maidens two,

And first they all the needful things
 * In packages bestow,

Then thither, where the sun doth haste,
 * Upon swift steeds they go.

As rosy bright the morning dawn
 * O’er misty woods doth gleam,

So did the daughter of the Khan
 * From art and nature beam.

In gold brocade the maiden shone,
 * Bosom and neck were bare,

And wreaths of jewels and of pearls
 * Did ornament her hair.

The Germans by her beauty struck,
 * And envious of her store,

Pursued her, as suspicionless
 * She journied on before,

Attack’d and slew her in a wood,
 * And off the booty bore.